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authorFederico G. Schwindt <fgsch@lodoss.net>2013-09-17 16:16:51 +0100
committerFederico G. Schwindt <fgsch@lodoss.net>2013-09-17 17:15:24 +0100
commit0985d69cc6c1daa7cdc8f15f93772b12ab3e8271 (patch)
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parentd0977258ee14a5178e98c9a00c064d90f0eac9d6 (diff)
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Change cipher defaults
Switch cipher defaults to HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH (OpenSSL) or
SECURE128 (GnuTLS).
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@
 I. Upgrade Information
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Differences to previous version 
+
+- Starting with ngIRCd 21, the ciphers used by SSL are configurable and
+  default to HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH (OpenSSL) or SECURE128 (GnuTLS).
+  Previous version were using the OpenSSL or GnuTLS defaults, DEFAULT
+  and NORMAL respectively.
+
 Differences to version 19.x
 
 - Starting with ngIRCd 20, users can "cloak" their hostname only when the
   configuration variable "CloakHostModeX" (introduced in 19.2) is set.
-  Otherwise, only IRC opertators, other servers, and services are allowed to
+  Otherwise, only IRC operators, other servers, and services are allowed to
   set mode +x. This prevents regular users from changing their hostmask to
   the name of the IRC server itself, which confused quite a few people ;-)